LOVE THEM BACK

San Diego, God bless it, couldnt handle his heat, but New York has gladly claimed him for almost four decades now. Experimental composer/saxophonist Peter Gordon, a UCSD graduate, first earned downtown acclaim with his Love of Life Orchestra (LOLO) in 1977, in which he assembles anywhere from a few to a dozen of avant-garde instrumentalists to hopscotch across acid jazz, world, post-punk, and opera; the ensembles (fervently) rotating roster has included Laurie Anderson on electric violin, Rhys Chatham on flute, and the late Arthur Russell on cello. LOLO promises friends tonight, which means theyll surely have enough bodies onstage to start a softball team; a betting man might hope for cameos from David Byrne, a collaborator on 1980s searing Extended Niceties, or LCD Soundsystems James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, who sampled Gordons Beginning of the Heartbreak and Dont Dont on their ubiquitous 2007 dance mix Fabriclive 36. Anticipate anyone, but count on spry, jarring innovation, Gordons endlessly renewable resource.
Thu., Jan. 6, 8 p.m., 2011